Emma’s Fantabulous Blog

Today I’m a quarter century old.. That sounds scary. I never have been able to picture myself as 25. But then again I never pictured myself as a married woman, and being married to Devon is truly a wonderful thing.

But the day seems promising. So far I’ve been stuffed full of homemade waffles and Devon is being secretive about plans for the afternoon and evening. So today doesn’t seem all that bad.

Here’s what I looked like 25 years ago. I’ve come a long way, baby.

Robin Thicke – Lost Without You

I think I lose 75 punk rock points (perhaps even 100) for totally adoring this song… The song I love, the video is just meh. I guess I just have a thing for guys who sing in falsetto.

BTW, Robin Thicke is Alan Thicke’s son. (Alan Thicke was in the 80’s sitcom “Growing Pains”.)

1. J stands for _______
2. What did you do on Memorial day?
3. What speed is your internet connection?
4. Ever photoshopped yourself to look better in a picture?
5. Who would you love to trade places with, for a day?
6. Would you prefer to work the morning or night shift?
7. Would you rather have eyes that always smile, or a voice that makes people calm?
8. What are good qualities for a significant other to have?
9. Finish the sentence: “My heart is____________.”
10. What should i do for my birthday this Thursday?

Rule #1. When at your local home improvement store, pick up some fancy gadget that does a simple job, and give it to your guy. He’ll be super excited and go crazy in that area of lawn care.

Earlier this week, I went to Lowes in search of mulch and potting soil and other similar stuff. Then I saw the above contraption. Our lawn has a million “Non-edible by Fifi” dandelions that is ugli-fying it. So I decided to get Devon the Yard Butler Rocket Weeder to get him excited about taking care of the problem. It’s heavy duty with a nice handle and a lever and a foot stomp thing. Moving parts and whatnot, so I figured Devon would be pretty excited about it.

FINALLY! I have the pics posted from Devon and I’s trip to San Francisco this month.

Check out all the pics here. 

10. The little asian lady who I originally sat next to, who told me the winner of “Dancing with the Stars” immediately after I had told her that I hadn’t watched last night’s results show yet, but I had Tivo-ed it and was looking forward to watching the finale tonight.

9. The middle aged white guy, who I sat next to after I first switched seats, made internal burping noises every couple of minutes until I moved again.

8. A start time of 8am in downtown Seattle.

7. Only getting paid $10 a day… (however its better than what I currently make..)

6. Paying $18 a day to park my car downtown.

5. Having to wear the dorky “JUROR” tags all day, even if we left the courthouse for lunch. (In case attorneys or judges were lunching at the same restauraunt, so they can avoid you.)

4. The 6th grade social studies video that they made us watch on the judicial system. It was complete with definitions of “juror” and “defendant” and over use of the phrase “checks and balances”. I was just waiting for a little cartoon of the US constitution to show up and start singing some song about checks and balances… which would then be followed by a rendition of Conjunction Junction.

3. Being confined in a room with 300 annoying strangers for an entire day.

2. Access to 8 vending machines which only accept quarters and a change machine that is broken.

1. The fact that King County has a 2 day Jury Duty requirement, meaning I gotta be back there tomorrow morning, bright and early.

The one upside is that the Seattle courthouse has free Wi-Fi! Guess who’s bringing their MacBook with them tomorrow? I kinda want to bring an inappropriate movie with me to watch while I sit next to that damn lady who ruined my “Dancing with the Stars” surprise. Any ideas?

1. How much is gasoline where you live?
2. Do you have strange neighbors?
3. Do you go to garage sales?
4. Do you have a bathrobe, and if so, what does it look like?
5. Does Paris Hilton deserve jail time?
6. When was the last time that you were stung by a bee?
7. Which would you rather explore? Deep Space or the deep sea?
8. Do you get motion sickness?
9. Do you get altitude sickness?
10. I stands for _______.

Halo 3’s beta trial came out last Friday.  It’s a test run of a new/unreleased video game (that Devon is totally obsessed with). Its only available to super special “fan-boys” until early June. After that, D will have to wait until November, when the game will be available to purchase. So for the next 3 weeks I get to pretend that I’m a bachelorette again, because D’s going to be parked next to his Xbox 360 during that time frame.

At least now I have an excuse to catch up on my Tivo-ed “American Idol”, and “Dancing with the Stars”.

With gas prices in Seattle being up to $3.70 a gallon in Seattle and up to $4.74(!?!) in some areas of the country, it truly pays to know which gas station has the best prices. I found a nifty little feature on Mapquest.com that lets you type in your location and spits out the prices at the gas stations near you, starting with the most inexpensive. Very cool.

MapQuest Gas Prices.

This Parisian company makes some truly awesome t-shirts that I’m totally coveting. They come in basic colors with cute little flowery embroidery and interesting cuts. The best part is that they all have naughty/shocking little sayings on them… Like this one….

If you can’t read it, it says “Will F*** for shoes”. Awesome-ness.

My other favorite embroidered sayings include: “I really need a f***ing coffee”, “I can only please one man a day. Today is not your day, and tomorrow doesn’t look good either.”, and the ever-popular “I <3 Porn”.

Shirts run between $69 and $79 and are available via their website: Lochers.com